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TIL “A butt load” actually equals 108 gallons.

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QlZE TIL: “An Airedale named ‘Jack’ ran through half a mile of enemy fire, with a message attached within his collar. He arrived at headquarters with his jaw broken and one leg badly splintered, and right after he delivered the message, he dropped dead in front of its recipient.”
QN9A9 Today I learned that astronauts heading to the International Space Station (ISS) must learn Russian as a second language.
69mZ8 TIL in 1518, a ‘Dancing Plague’ struck Strasbourg, where hundreds of people danced uncontrollably for days, with some dancing themselves to death.
4XJvg TIL that during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the United States proposed "Operation Vulture" which involved the potential use of nuclear weapons against the Viet Minh in support of France. These proposals only fell through due to the British government's refusal to support them.
nWnwo TIL: The hyphens over Chinese vowels, when written using the Latin alphabet, describes how to properly pronounce the vowels in Chinese. Eg. à goes from high tonality to low